And
with all the styles that he writes music in, whether it be film
soundtrack, orchestral, new age, jazz fusion
or rock, it is in fact the piano from which his compositions are all originally
born.

Early on when Dan was
first learning to play, 4 and 5 octave electronic keyboards were not enough, so he would go
between borrowing one or another full size pianos
until he was able to afford his
own. "There is no substitue for having 88 keys
beneath your fingertips" When it comes to acoustics, Steinway and Yamaha are
two of his favorites, but he has also used
everything including the earliest electric/acoustic and acoustic digital pianos
such as the Yamaha CP80 and Roland RD-1000 of which he still owns the
latter. Currently he records with a
Kurzweil.

Dan is a self taught
player. While he has had some professional training early in his career, it was never quite as
fulfilling for him to learn his craft that way as opposed to being able to sit
down in front of
a piano to just play without the need for sheet music or formal
instruction. Hence the importance of
improvisation, a skill that Dan Pinto had well developed early on. It's an ability that
allows him to not
only spontaneously write new ideas for composition, but also
gives him a confidence in his performance
both live and in the studio. For him it's a win win situation. Even when
writing music in a classical vein, a style that improvisation is almost
nonexistent in, this technique gives Dan the ability to arrange well
thought out ideas for composition. All one has to do is listen to his
music to know how
well this works for him.

Currently, Dan Pinto's
CD, "Ivory Towers" is
considered to be the
one album that is geared more towards piano solo and piano
with orchestral accompaniment pieces all
grouped together, although piano ballads can be found on his "Visions"
& "Blue Of The Flame"
CDs. He also has hopes on recording and releasing a brand
new solo piano CD sometime in 2011.
All three CDs mentioned above are available for purchase from his
CD
Ordering Page on
this site.

Eventhough Dan Pinto
continues to release music audio CDs of his
work in various styles, he is currently focused on writing music
for the film industry. Again, it was his
composition based on improvisations at the piano
that sparked the ideas he wrote on the audio soundtrack for the movie "Die
For A Life", a
film that was produced by him and recorded at Pinto Studios. For more
information on Dan Pinto including a
background & resume along with a general overview to this, his official website,
please visit the HomePage.

All music was written, arranged & producedby Dan
Pinto and recorded at Pinto
Studios.

All music tracks on this page are STEREO Hi-Fi quality. Depending upon your computer's capability, a music track should take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes before it is heard. Slower systems please allow proper time for
listening.

Dan Pinto's music can also be heard
at "CDBaby," "ABSTRACT LOGIX"and also Myspace.com.